HAVANA, CUBALACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS

November 05, 2006

RIDGELAND, S.C.Suicidal inmate cause of prison lockdown A suicidal inmate held a prison employee hostage for 13 hours before surrendering to emergency workers, state officials said Saturday. The medium-security prison remained on lockdown. Armed with a homemade weapon, inmate Lloyd Isaac, 35, took the female employee hostage shortly after noon Friday, according to a statement from the state Corrections Department. Isaac, who is serving a 50-year sentence at the Ridgeland Correctional Institution, asked authorities in a note and throughout negotiations to kill him, the state said. The situation ended nonviolently about 1:30 a.m. PORT HURON, MICH.MSU identifies human remains found on eBay Mummified human skeletal remains confiscated from the home of a woman who police say was trying to sell them on eBay likely came from an early 19th-century Scottish collection, authorities said. Police said Friday they have closed their investigation and do not plan to seek criminal charges. The remains were confiscated Oct. 10 after being spotted on the Internet auction Web site. A Michigan State University anthropologist determined that the remains likely date from the early 19th century and were part of a collection of anatomical specimens from Scottish anatomist Allen Burns, the Times-Herald reported. SKUWAIT CITY, KUWAITKuwait refinery rocked by explosion and fire An explosion rocked Kuwait's smallest oil refinery on Saturday, sparking a fire that temporarily closed the plant, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said. No injuries were reported. Investigators were looking into the cause of the blast at the Shuaiba installation south of Kuwait city, but terrorism was not suspected, said Mohammad al-Ajami, a company spokesman. More than 800 people were evacuated.